Fertility & birth rates in Malaysia and Paraguay

Fertility rate in Malaysia vs Paraguay chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Malaysia was 1.55 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.42 in Paraguay in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Malaysia vs Paraguay population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malaysia	Paraguay
1960	6.41	6.5
1961	6.37	6.49
1962	6.3	6.47
1963	6.19	6.45
1964	6.03	6.42
1965	5.84	6.35
1966	5.64	6.23
1967	5.43	6.1
1968	5.29	5.97
1969	5.16	5.84
1970	5.04	5.72
1971	4.92	5.59
1972	4.82	5.46
1973	4.73	5.35
1974	4.62	5.27
1975	4.5	5.18
1976	4.4	5.12
1977	4.28	5.08
1978	4.18	5.04
1979	4.09	5.06
1980	4.04	5.1
1981	4	5.15
1982	3.97	5.13
1983	3.93	5.09
1984	3.89	5.04
1985	3.8	4.97
1986	3.7	4.93
1987	3.57	4.85
1988	3.5	4.77
1989	3.31	4.68
1990	3.3	4.57
1991	3.34	4.48
1992	3.37	4.4
1993	3.36	4.28
1994	3.35	4.2
1995	3.32	4.11
1996	3.3	4.01
1997	3.23	3.91
1998	3.12	3.8
1999	3.07	3.67
2000	2.94	3.51
2001	2.81	3.36
2002	2.66	3.23
2003	2.6	3.12
2004	2.49	3.05
2005	2.39	2.97
2006	2.31	2.89
2007	2.25	2.82
2008	2.26	2.79
2009	2.22	2.76
2010	2.14	2.7
2011	2.15	2.67
2012	2.12	2.66
2013	2.07	2.64
2014	2.06	2.65
2015	2.01	2.65
2016	1.94	2.62
2017	1.89	2.59
2018	1.84	2.56
2019	1.78	2.53
2020	1.68	2.5
2021	1.56	2.47
2022	1.55	2.44
2023	1.55	2.42
2024	1.54	2.42
2025	1.53	2.39
2026	1.52	2.37
2027	1.51	2.35
2028	1.51	2.33
2029	1.51	2.31
2030	1.51	2.29
2031	1.5	2.27
2032	1.5	2.26
2033	1.5	2.24
2034	1.5	2.22
2035	1.5	2.21
2036	1.51	2.19
2037	1.51	2.17
2038	1.51	2.16
2039	1.51	2.14
2040	1.51	2.13
2041	1.51	2.12
2042	1.51	2.11
2043	1.52	2.09
2044	1.52	2.08
2045	1.52	2.07
2046	1.52	2.06
2047	1.52	2.05
2048	1.53	2.04
2049	1.53	2.03
2050	1.53	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malaysia	Paraguay
1960	45.4%	46.3%
1961	45.9%	46.2%
1962	46.3%	46.1%
1963	46.5%	46%
1964	46.6%	46%
1965	46.5%	46%
1966	46.2%	46%
1967	45.9%	45.9%
1968	45.5%	45.8%
1969	45%	45.7%
1970	44.5%	45.5%
1971	44%	45.2%
1972	43.4%	45%
1973	42.8%	44.6%
1974	42.2%	44.2%
1975	41.7%	43.7%
1976	41.1%	43.3%
1977	40.6%	42.8%
1978	40.1%	42.4%
1979	39.6%	42%
1980	39.2%	41.6%
1981	38.8%	41.4%
1982	38.6%	41.2%
1983	38.4%	41.2%
1984	38.2%	41.2%
1985	38.1%	41.2%
1986	38%	41.3%
1987	37.9%	41.3%
1988	37.7%	41.4%
1989	37.5%	41.5%
1990	37.2%	41.5%
1991	36.9%	41.5%
1992	36.6%	41.5%
1993	36.3%	41.4%
1994	36%	41.3%
1995	35.7%	41.1%
1996	35.5%	40.8%
1997	35.3%	40.4%
1998	35%	40%
1999	34.6%	39.5%
2000	34.2%	39%
2001	33.7%	38.4%
2002	33.2%	37.9%
2003	32.6%	37.3%
2004	32%	36.6%
2005	31.4%	35.8%
2006	30.7%	35.1%
2007	30%	34.4%
2008	29.4%	33.8%
2009	28.6%	33.2%
2010	27.9%	32.5%
2011	27.4%	32%
2012	27%	31.4%
2013	26.6%	30.9%
2014	26.2%	30.5%
2015	25.8%	30.2%
2016	25.5%	29.9%
2017	25.2%	29.7%
2018	24.9%	29.5%
2019	24.5%	29.3%
2020	24%	29.1%
2021	23.4%	29%
2022	22.8%	28.9%
2023	22.3%	28.8%
2024	21.8%	28.6%
2025	21.3%	28.4%
2026	20.8%	28.1%
2027	20.4%	27.9%
2028	19.9%	27.6%
2029	19.4%	27.3%
2030	19%	26.9%
2031	18.5%	26.5%
2032	18.1%	26.1%
2033	17.8%	25.8%
2034	17.6%	25.4%
2035	17.4%	25%
2036	17.3%	24.7%
2037	17.3%	24.4%
2038	17.2%	24.1%
2039	17.1%	23.8%
2040	17%	23.5%
2041	17%	23.2%
2042	16.9%	23%
2043	16.8%	22.7%
2044	16.7%	22.5%
2045	16.7%	22.3%
2046	16.6%	22.1%
2047	16.5%	22%
2048	16.4%	21.8%
2049	16.3%	21.6%
2050	16.2%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Malaysia and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 37.2% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malaysia and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in Malaysia vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Malaysia and +1.56% in Paraguay. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Malaysia	Paraguay
1960	251,090	60,009
1961	257,270	61,536
1962	262,140	63,079
1963	265,815	64,741
1964	266,406	65,681
1965	264,836	66,063
1966	262,162	66,002
1967	258,764	65,695
1968	260,705	65,575
1969	264,327	65,616
1970	269,341	65,905
1971	272,323	66,142
1972	276,263	66,625
1973	284,611	67,803
1974	289,880	69,059
1975	294,541	70,285
1976	300,615	71,973
1977	305,515	74,359
1978	311,027	76,691
1979	317,439	80,345
1980	326,947	84,568
1981	339,991	89,456
1982	353,138	92,917
1983	365,290	96,406
1984	376,797	99,937
1985	383,243	102,859
1986	385,799	105,776
1987	381,999	107,962
1988	386,507	110,348
1989	373,277	111,727
1990	384,518	112,864
1991	401,938	114,472
1992	418,900	115,442
1993	429,910	115,211
1994	437,873	115,662
1995	443,349	115,777
1996	450,174	115,623
1997	447,768	115,095
1998	436,316	114,122
1999	432,355	112,726
2000	417,371	109,979
2001	400,939	107,225
2002	381,084	104,658
2003	377,425	102,427
2004	365,138	101,896
2005	355,324	101,035
2006	349,509	99,808
2007	348,711	99,141
2008	362,380	99,821
2009	366,157	100,296
2010	360,260	99,456
2011	372,836	100,442
2012	371,497	102,508
2013	366,738	103,383
2014	367,587	105,585
2015	358,302	106,817
2016	345,681	106,804
2017	336,434	105,634
2018	324,568	104,908
2019	309,426	103,179
2020	283,282	98,667
2021	212,002	78,667
2022	237,560	94,627
2023	254,806	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: Malaysia vs Paraguay

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 26 deaths per 100,000 live births in Malaysia, compared to 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malaysia	Paraguay
1985	63	237
1986	59	230
1987	56	225
1988	55	220
1989	52	209
1990	51	198
1991	49	192
1992	48	195
1993	46	197
1994	44	201
1995	43	202
1996	42	203
1997	40	205
1998	39	207
1999	38	207
2000	37	207
2001	36	207
2002	34	206
2003	34	203
2004	33	199
2005	31	194
2006	30	186
2007	30	177
2008	29	166
2009	29	152
2010	29	136
2011	29	120
2012	29	100
2013	29	84
2014	30	70
2015	30	64
2016	30	60
2017	29	58
2018	29	58
2019	28	58
2020	29	69
2021	52	140
2022	38	78
2023	26	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.81% in Malaysia and 1.7% in Paraguay. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Malaysia	Paraguay
1960	9.46%	8.18%
1961	8.83%	8.11%
1962	8.25%	8.06%
1963	7.74%	8.02%
1964	7.28%	7.99%
1965	6.89%	7.96%
1966	6.56%	7.94%
1967	6.27%	7.91%
1968	6.02%	7.88%
1969	5.79%	7.84%
1970	5.56%	7.79%
1971	5.32%	7.73%
1972	5.06%	7.66%
1973	4.79%	7.57%
1974	4.5%	7.46%
1975	4.23%	7.34%
1976	3.97%	7.21%
1977	3.71%	7.06%
1978	3.48%	6.91%
1979	3.25%	6.74%
1980	3.04%	6.55%
1981	2.84%	6.35%
1982	2.65%	6.14%
1983	2.47%	5.92%
1984	2.32%	5.71%
1985	2.18%	5.5%
1986	2.05%	5.3%
1987	1.93%	5.1%
1988	1.83%	4.92%
1989	1.74%	4.73%
1990	1.66%	4.55%
1991	1.58%	4.38%
1992	1.51%	4.23%
1993	1.45%	4.08%
1994	1.39%	3.95%
1995	1.34%	3.83%
1996	1.29%	3.72%
1997	1.23%	3.62%
1998	1.15%	3.53%
1999	1.07%	3.45%
2000	1%	3.36%
2001	0.93%	3.29%
2002	0.88%	3.22%
2003	0.85%	3.14%
2004	0.84%	3.07%
2005	0.83%	2.99%
2006	0.83%	2.91%
2007	0.82%	2.83%
2008	0.82%	2.75%
2009	0.82%	2.67%
2010	0.81%	2.59%
2011	0.81%	2.51%
2012	0.8%	2.44%
2013	0.81%	2.37%
2014	0.81%	2.3%
2015	0.81%	2.22%
2016	0.82%	2.15%
2017	0.82%	2.08%
2018	0.82%	2.01%
2019	0.82%	1.94%
2020	0.81%	1.88%
2021	0.81%	1.82%
2022	0.81%	1.76%
2023	0.81%	1.7%